All Episodes
Just Keep Writing — 195 episodes
Episode 195 - Summer Break
Episode 194 - Invitation to The Cook Out: Chat with the Editors of a Black Anthology
Episode 193 - Goodbyes Aren’t Forever
Episode 192 - Expectations and Perceptions in Character Creation
Episode 191 - Engineering Ideas: Allowing Yourself to Play
Episode 190 - Resistance is Playful
Episode 189 - On-Ramps: What Drove Our Desire to Write
Episode 188 - Canon Events: Creative Research with Jenna
Episode 187 - New Year, Same Pen: The Crew Talks Writing Aspirations for 2026
Episode 186 - No Prescriptions: Collaboration on a Novella Craft Book
Episode 185 - Fear Not: We're Talking About Horror (Part 2)
Episode 184 - Antagonist: Making a Great Villian
Episode 183 - Community Chat with Tanvir Ahmed
Episode 182 - Fear Not: We're Talking About Horror
Episode 181 - What Makes a Novella (Part 2)
Episode 180 - What Makes a Novella (Part 1)
Episode 179 - The Secrets of Character (Part 5)
Episode 178 - The Laugh of the Medusa
Episode 177 - Worldcon Seattle 2025
Episode 176 - The Secrets of Character (Part 4)
Episode 175 - Spotlight on Jenna Hanchey
Episode 174 - Origin Story: Sarah A. Macklin
Episode 173 - Origin Story: Greg Lockard
Episode 172 - Origin Story: Stephanie Williams
Episode 171 - Sinners (Part 2)
Episode 170 - Sinners (Part 1)
Episode 169 - Breath of Oblivion: Writing Book 2 of 3 with Maurice Broaddus
Episode 168 - The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
Episode 167 - Writing Through Executive Dysfunction
Episode 166 - Renaissance: Fantasy 3.0
Episode 165 - Parenting While Writing
Episode 164 - The Secrets of Character (Part 3)
Episode 163 - The Secrets of Character (Part 2)
Episode 162 - The Secrets of Character (Part 1)
Episode 161 - Writing is Political: Arcane
Episode 160 - Trust the Vision
Episode 159 - An Interview with Kate Maruyama
Episode 158 - An Interview with R.S.A Garcia
Episode 157 - Rejectomancy
Episode 156 - Writing is Political: Building a Social Structure
Episode 155 - We Who Will Not Die
Episode 154 - Reading to Master Craft
Episode 153 - Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself
Episode 152 - Character vs. Plot
Episode 151 - Writing is Political
Episode 150 - We’re Still Writing
Episode 149 - Refill Your Cup
Episode 148 - Q&A With Agent Jennifer Udden
Episode 147 - Vessel: Power and Place
Episode 146 - Sameem Siddiqui’s AirBody: A Deep Dive
Episode 145 - Canon Events: Creative Research with Sameem and Shingai
Episode 144 - Agenting with Jennifer Udden
Episode 143 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 9)
Episode 142 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 8)
Episode 141 - Canon Events: Creative Research with Marshall and Wil
Episode 140 - Calamity with Constance Fay
Episode 139 - DaVaun Sanders and the Peerless Magic Crew
Episode 138 - Vessel: Creating a Web Comic
Episode 137 - Canon Events: Creative Research with Brent and Gabe
Episode 136 - Canon Events: Creative Research
Episode 135 - Magic Systems: A Necessary Chaos (Part 4)
Episode 134 - Suyi Davies Okungbowa: Son of the Storm
Episode 133 - A Necessary Chaos (Part 3)
Episode 132 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 7)
Episode 131 - A Necessary Chaos (Part 2)
Episode 130 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 6)
Episode 129 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 5)
Episode 128 - A Necessary Chaos
Episode 127 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 4)
Episode 126 - FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE - Building an Anthology
Episode 125 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 3)
Episode 124 - What’s in a First Line?
Episode 123 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 2)
Episode 122 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 1)
Episode 121 - Finding Hope in Queer Characters: Cassandra Westlake
Episode 120 - Izzy Wasserstein: All The Hometowns You Can’t Stay Away From
Episode 119 - Dave Ring: The Hidden Ones
Episode 118 - Indie Publisher: Neon Hemlock
Episode 117 - Victor Manibo: The Sleepless
Episode 116 - Having a Family
Episode 115 - C.S. Malerich: The Factory Witches of Lowell
Episode 114 - Piper J. Drake: Wings Once Cursed and Bound
Episode 113 - Choices in Writing with Piper J. Drake
Episode 112 - Non-Western Story Structure with Piper J. Drake (Part 2)
Episode 111 - Non-Western Story Structure with Piper J. Drake
Episode 110 - JKW While Black: Bendi Barrett’s Empire of the Feast
Episode 109 - JKW While Black: Arley Sorg- Hardest Working Man in the SciFi Business
Episode 108 - JKW While Black: Yvette Lisa Ndlovu- Drinking from Graveyard Wells
Episode 107 - JKW While Black: Futureland with Hugh H.D. Hunter
Episode 106 - Mary Robinette Kowal: The Spare Man
Episode 105 - JKW While Black: 2022 and Beyond
Episode 104 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section V
Episode 103 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section IV
Episode 102 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section III (Part 2)
Episode 101 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section III
Episode 100 - Where we went and where are we going
Episode 99 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section II
Episode 98 - Memoirs from a Writing Workshop
Episode 97 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Section I
Episode 96 - Never Say You Can’t Survive: Introduction
Episode 95 - Cinderella Remixed aka Plot vs Structure
Episode 94 - Summer Catch Up
Episode 93 - Uncommon Charm
Episode 92 - Parks and Honard: Unrelenting
Episode 91 - Unfadeable: Middle Grade Mystery with Maurice
Episode 90 - The Blood Trials
Episode 89 - Building a Black AF Future: Maurice Broaddus
Episode 88 - Playwrite: Bryna Turner
Episode 87 - Writer’s Book Club: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Part 2 of 2)
Episode 86 - Writer’s Book Club: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 85 - JKW While Black: Our Worlds Can Exist Without Trauma
Episode 84 - JKW While Black: Minimalism through a Black Lens
Episode 83 - The Case for Angry Black Women
Episode 82 - JKW While Black: Writing as a Librarian
Episode 81 - I See You
Episode 80 - On FIYAH
Episode 79 - To 2021 and Beyond
Episode 78 - Rejections
Episode 77 - Military Raised
Episode 76 - The Cost of War
Episode 75 - The Immortals
Episode 74 - Nano Prep: Pitches and Synopses
Episode 73 - Nano Prep: The Beginning
Episode 72 - 27/4: LP Kindred and How He Finds Power in Short Stories
Episode 71 - The Multiverse of Writing
Episode 70 - My Country is a Ghost
Episode 69 - Faithful Delirium
Episode 68 - Systems For Self-Editing
Episode 67 - Growth and Perspective: Social Issues in SFF Revisited
Episode 66 - Mining Queer Humanity: An Interview with Sam J. Miller
Episode 65 - Queer Introspection: Thoughts with Wil and Brent
Episode 64 - Raising My Trans Son feat. Katie Turner-Carr
Episode 63 - Pride 2021
Episode 62 - Adventures of a Pro Editor
Episode 61 - End With a Wallop (Mastering Plot Twists Part 9)
Episode 60 - JKW While Black: What If...? feat. Shingai Njeri Kagunda
Episode 59 - Choose Two Subplots (Mastering Plot Twists Part 8)
Episode 58 - Craft: Max Gladstone
Episode 57 - Find Fire In Ice (Mastering Plot Twists Part 7)
Episode 56 - JKW While Black: From Query to Deal feat. Nia Davenport
Episode 55 - TRDs to Control Pace (Mastering Plot Twists Part 6)
Episode 54 - Flood City: Daniel Jose Older
Episode 53 - Plot Your Course (Mastering Plot Twists Part 5)
Episode 52 - Happily Ever After: Piper J. Drake
Episode 51 - Mastering Plot Twists Feat. Brent Lambert (Part 4)
Episode 50 - Jennifer Udden: Editor Extraordinaire
Episode 49 - Mastering Plot Twists Feat. Brent Lambert (Part 3)
Episode 48 - Six Wakes: Mur Lafferty
Episode 47 - Mastering Plot Twists Feat. Brent Lambert (Part 2)
Episode 46 - Master of Genres: Dan Wells
Episode 45 - Mastering Plot Twists Feat. Brent Lambert (Part 1)
Episode 44 - FIYAH Magazine: Brent Lambert
Episode 43 - Riverland: Fran Wilde
Episode 42 - And Then There Were None
Episode 41 - Godhunter: Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Episode 40 - Toolbox
Episode 39 - The Usual Suspect: Maurice Broaddus
Episode 38 - The Lady Astronaut: Mary Robinette Kowal
Episode 37 - Pride
Episode 36 - Level Up
Episode 35 - Community Chat with Erin Roberts
Episode 34 - French Press
Episode 33 - Sixty-Three Texts
Episode 32 - Community Chat with Wil Ralston
Episode 31 - Street Fighter
Episode 30 - Networking
Episode 29 - Resilience
Episode 28 - Keep Stretching
Episode 27 - Stretching
Episode 26 - Seven Days
Episode 25 - Impostor
Episode 24 - Holiday Gift Guide
Episode 23 - NaNoWriMo Update
Episode 22 - Hot Mess
Episode 21 - WXR19 Interviews
Episode 20 - Con Fatigue
Episode 19 - Freakin' Out
Episode 18 - A Matter of Time
Episode 17 - Not To Be Named
Episode 16 - Time Blocking
Episode 15 - Character and Plot-Driven Stories
Episode 14 - MoCon 2019: Afrofuturism Panel
Episode 13 - Fine Print
Episode 12 - MoCon 2019: Jen Udden Interview
Episode 11 - Convention Etiquette
Episode 10 - Social Issues in SFF Part 2
Episode 9 - Social Issues in SFF
Episode 8 - Commitment
Episode 7 - Pantliner
Episode 6 - Code-switching
Episode 5 - Character Voice
Episode 4 - World Building Through Dialogue
Episode 3 - The Maurice Effect
Episode 2 - Scrivener Tips
Episode 1 - Tools and Time